Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art.animation, started 9 Feb 1998.
horse trotting
alt.ascii-art.animation
· 5 messages · 9 Feb 1998 - 10 Feb 1998
Some time ago, in alt.ascii-art, in article <CJ9...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine <Dev...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Has anyone done an animation of animals showing all the real-life > four legged walking patterns ("gaits"), which can all be observed > in domestic cats if you have cats at home. [snip] > (B) TROT. If it was a pantomime horse the front and back back > pairs would be exactly _out_of_ step i.e. the legs on the left > side scissor inwards as the legs on the right side scissor > outwards, then oppositely. The diagonally opposite pairs that > are _out_ do the work, hitting the ground and swinging over the > foot then lifting off the ground in their furthest back position. . / ha ~, \,^^%--- ha /)\~__> \ ha I just finished a Javascript ' \ \~_>^_ ~ animation of a horse _|_)_\_( )~~~ trotting. / \| |\| ejm98 ` ' \ You can view it at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/horstrot.htm (Remember you need Netscape 3.01 or MSIE 4.0 with the Javascript enabled in order to view it.) NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ha llizard aka ejm ^^^^%--- ha cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca " \ ha http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/
llizard wrote: > Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine wrote: > > Has anyone done an animation of animals showing all the real-life > > four legged walking patterns ("gaits"), which can all be observed > > in domestic cats if you have cats at home. > [snip] > > (B) TROT. If it was a pantomime horse the front and back back > > pairs would be exactly _out_of_ step i.e. the legs on the left > > side scissor inwards as the legs on the right side scissor > > outwards, then oppositely. The diagonally opposite pairs that > > are _out_ do the work, hitting the ground and swinging over the > > foot then lifting off the ground in their furthest back position. > . > / ha > ~, \,^^%--- ha > /)\~__> \ ha I just finished a Javascript > ' \ \~_>^_ ~ animation of a horse > _|_)_\_( )~~~ trotting. > / \| |\| > ejm98 ` ' \ > > You can view it at > > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/horstrot.htm > I don't know what that is, but it isn't "trot"... Trot is "two-pace", "..clp-clpclp-clpclp-clpclp-clp..." (that's "...clip clop clip clop..." but very close together...) and the body of the horse moves up-down-up-down-up-down, in a way that can be very painful for a rider (one "up-down" per step, two steps in one stride, so that's "up-down-up-down" in one stride. The image below shows two strides). It is usually the trot that makes your bum sore from riding... trot: . . . . _____/\\ _____/\\ _____/\\ _____/\\ ((_____) ((_____) ((_____) ((_____) '|\ \| ' \| |\ '|\ \| ' \| |\ |/ /| /| |/ |/ /| /| |/ ---`-----`-----`--`----`-----`-----`--`----- If you have seen on tv how a rider rises-and-sits-down, rises-and-sits-down, rises-and-sits-down,... then you have seen one way to ride in trot. It's called "rising trot". -- _ _ __ ___.--'_`. __ __ _ .'_`--.___ __ ( _`.'. - 'o` ) \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ ( 'o` - .`.'_ ) _\.'_' _.-' \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | `-._ `_`./_ ( \`. ) //\` \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| '/\\ ( .'/ ) \_`-'`---'\\__, ,__//`---'`-'_/ \` `-\ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/hfref/ix/ /-' '/ ` _____________________ r93...@fz.yhgu.fr ____________________ ' LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
Veronica Karlsson wrote: [ 8< ] > If you have seen on tv how a rider rises-and-sits-down, > rises-and-sits-down, rises-and-sits-down,... then you have seen one way > to ride in trot. It's called "rising trot". > The "rise-and-sit-down" is done once in one stride, when "the inside front leg (and outside hind leg) is on the ground". -- _ _ __ ___.--'_`. __ __ _ .'_`--.___ __ ( _`.'. - 'o` ) \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ ( 'o` - .`.'_ ) _\.'_' _.-' \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | `-._ `_`./_ ( \`. ) //\` \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| '/\\ ( .'/ ) \_`-'`---'\\__, ,__//`---'`-'_/ \` `-\ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/hfref/ix/ /-' '/ ` _____________________ r93...@fz.yhgu.fr ____________________ ' LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > [ 8< ] > > If you have seen on tv how a rider rises-and-sits-down, > > rises-and-sits-down, rises-and-sits-down,... then you have seen one way > > to ride in trot. It's called "rising trot". > > > > The "rise-and-sit-down" is done once in one stride, when "the inside > front leg (and outside hind leg) is on the ground". > Typical for trot is a "stiff choppiness", which is quite unlike the waving, long, comfortable strides of canter. -- _ _ __ ___.--'_`. __ __ _ .'_`--.___ __ ( _`.'. - 'o` ) \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ ( 'o` - .`.'_ ) _\.'_' _.-' \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | `-._ `_`./_ ( \`. ) //\` \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| '/\\ ( .'/ ) \_`-'`---'\\__, ,__//`---'`-'_/ \` `-\ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/hfref/ix/ /-' '/ ` _____________________ r93...@fz.yhgu.fr ____________________ ' LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
In article <34D...@on.spammer>, Veronica Karlsson <dre...@on.spammer> wrote: > > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > > llizard wrote: [snip] > > > > /)\~__> \ ha I just finished a Javascript > > > > ' \ \~_>^_ ~ animation of a horse > > > > _|_)_\_( )~~~ trotting. [snip] > > > > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/horstrot.htm > > > > > > I don't know what that is, but it isn't "trot"... > > > > > > Trot is "two-pace", "..clp-clpclp-clpclp-clpclp-clp..." (that's "...clip > > > clop clip clop..." but very close together...) and the body of the horse > > > moves up-down-up-down-up-down, [snip] > > > trot: > > > . . . . > > > _____/\\ _____/\\ _____/\\ _____/\\ > > > ((_____) ((_____) ((_____) ((_____) > > > '|\ \| ' \| |\ '|\ \| ' \| |\ > > > |/ /| /| |/ |/ /| /| |/ > > > ---`-----`-----`--`----`-----`-----`--`----- > > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > [ 8< ] > > > If you have seen on tv how a rider rises-and-sits-down, > > > rises-and-sits-down, rises-and-sits-down,... then you have seen one way > > > to ride in trot. It's called "rising trot". > > > > The "rise-and-sit-down" is done once in one stride, when "the inside > > front leg (and outside hind leg) is on the ground". > > Typical for trot is a "stiff choppiness", which is quite unlike the > waving, long, comfortable strides of canter. . / ha ~, \,^^%--- ha /)\~__> \ ha Oh HOW demanding. ' \ \~_>^_ ~ | )_\_( )~~~ / | / \ ejm98 | \ / / As your drawing of the trot demonstrated, it's very difficult to get the horse to go up and down (without looking like it's a mistake in the animation) I have altered it a bit now by changing the neck angle. " \r\n"+ " ,~ \r\n"+ " ~/(\ \r\n"+ " ~ ____~/ |` \r\n"+ " ~~~( )___(_|_ \r\n"+ " |/\_ _/ \ \r\n"+ " / ejm98 \r\n", I think that having an upright neck gives more of an illusion of the up and down motion. I also slowed it down fractionally to give it a choppier look (again, when I slowed it down to the right speed for a trot, it was too choppy and looked like an error in the animation). The altered version is at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/horstrot2.htm NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. / ha ~, \,^^%--- ha /)\~__> \ ha I hope you find that more satisfactory. ' | \~_>^_ ~ _| )_\_( )~~~ / \| /_\ ejm98 \ / -- llizard aka ejm cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/
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